Serving as a central address within the movement, the Social Justice Commission (SJC) works through consensus to evolve a vision of social justice through the lens of Conservative/Masorti Judaism. We strive to educate, advocate, and organize around the issues of today, articulating that acts of social justice are mitzvot.
Michael works as Rav-Chazzan at Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill, MA. President of the New England Region of the Cantors Assembly, he also serves on the CA Executive Committee, the Conservative Masorti Committee for Jewish Laws and Standards, and the Rabbinical Assembly’s Racial Justice Subcommittee. He teaches courses through Hebrew College Open Circle Learning and at the Academy for Jewish Religion in NY. In his spare time, he loves to boulder and write poetry. His paper about the Golem and A.I. will be published by the Association for Jewish Studies this summer.
Our tradition teaches: the sound of the shofar can literally break down the walls, both physical and spiritual. It can shatter complacency and indifference.
